Railway-tie.



m. Blfifi. PZATENTED APR. 3,.1906l H. Hf GLOUGH. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION-FILED MAR.14, 1904.

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bid??? UNITED OFFICE. .HENRY'H. CLOUGIL OF ELYRIA; OHIO; c I v RAILWAY-TIE,

Patented April 3, 1906. i

Application filed March 14,1904. Serial No. 197,964.

1'0 all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIENRX ll. (honour, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofv Elyria, Lorain county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is acomplete specification.

ThlS invention relates to concrete t1es for railway-tracks, and relates particularly to improved means for securing the tie-platesthereto- 1 A'pri'mary object'of m invention is to provide a concrete tie for rai waytrack construction which, will be of mat-strengthand durabili ty, combined wit tieeplates rigidlyand permax'lently secured thereto, whereby said, tie and tie-plates will form, in effect, aunitary structure.

A tie of'my invention consists of the variousfeatures, combinations offeatures, and details of construction hereinafter; described and claimed. L i

. In the accompanying drawings a tie and tie-plate combined in accordanceiwith myinvention are fully illustrated.

Figure-1v is a perspective view ofsa portion of. a railway-track la1d with ties anditie-pla-tes embodying my, invention. Fig. 2'is a side view of-a tie and tie-plates combined in. ac-

cordance with my invention, said tie being.

broken away to show the means for securing.- the tie-plate thereto. Fig. 3 is a, topplan view thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlarged. sectional view thereof on the line 4 4 of'Fig. 3, andFig.

5 is an enlarged sectional view-onrthe line 5 5V of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawings, 1: designates a concrete tie, said tie being preferably stren thened or reinforced by" means of; a metafbar 2, embedded therein and extending substantially theentire length thereof. As shown, the bar 2 is cross-shaped- 1n section,

comprisin fourwebs extending upwardly, downwar ly, and to both sides of'the center thereof. It isobvious that this form of barwill greatly strengthen the tie without materially increasing the weight orcost.,thereof. Any other desired or approved form. of. bar may, however, be used, andl do-not desire to limit myself in this respect.

The dimensions of the ties may bevaried as desired or to meet requirements, and said he of any desired exterior shape. As

Lie may shown, he base ofthe tie is larger thanthe to wai rdly andinwardly. Whenembeddedinthe embedded-in the bodies of said ties.

'flanges (lot the bars 2.

plates 3. shown said rails 4 are secured in position in ,thefollowing manner: Formed; in the tieplates 3 are T-slots 9, which extend'i'nwardly thereof, its sides sloping gradually upground, it is obvious th'at'a'tie of-the described shape or conformation will be very firmly secured inposition. I f

Rigidly and permanently secured to the upperlsurfaces of they ties 1 are the. tie-plates 3, to which the rails 4 are in turnsec'ured, all as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

' As shown, the tie-plates" 31 are, firmly secured to'the; t1es 1 bymeans. of projectionson the under sides thereof, which are anchoredor I Preferably, also, the projections on theunder sides of said, plates 3 in addition to being embedded in the bodies of thetiesl are firmly attached orconnected-to the metal bars.2 embedded in said ties. Inthe preferable con-.

struction shown the-plates 3 are. provided on them under sides with webs. or flanges 5,

which extend downwardly beyond the upper edges of the upwardlyrextending flanges f" the bars 2 and are rigidly seeuredthereto by any suitable means, as by lugs. 7 thereon, which engage suitable holes formed in, said- In forming the ties the bars 2 and plates 3 are placed in the tie-molds in proper relative positions, with the lugs 7 on the webs orflanges 5' inen agement with the holesor openings in the anges 6-of said bars 2. The concrete is then placed in the mold. and; compacted until said mold isfilled, when the concrete closely surrounds the-bars 2 and the webs or flanges, 6 on, the plates 3 and permanently ,locksthe lugs 7 in the holesof. the bars -2.

This arrangement does awaywith the use of bolts, while. securing an equally rigid intera locking of the tie-plates, longitudinal bar,

and tie, and as thelugs 7 maybe cast integral with the t1e-platesitrenders-the constructionof-Jthe' cheapest as well as most permanent character. The concrete is then allowed to set, after which the t1es are removed from the molds and allowed to harden. By forming the ties with their; upper smaller surfaces downward it is obvious that the shape of; said ties will greatly facilitate removing said ties from the molds.

Any desired or approved means may be employedfor securing-the rails 4' to the tie- In the preferable construction from the sides, of said plates, said T--slots preferably extending inwardly fromopposite sides of said plates to points slightly beyond,

the centers thereof, so that their inner ends will overla Formed on the sup er surface of the tie p ates 3, at the sides of t e T-slots 9 remote from the rail-seats on said tielates,

are raised portions 10, which are of su stantially: the same height as the thickness of the bases or flanges of the rails. The bases of the rails are clamped in position upon the tie- .plates 3 by means of clamping-bars 11, the

mnerends of Which'bear upon the bases of the rails and the outer ends upon the raised portions 10. Bolts 12, the heads of which -aresecured in said slots and which extend shown and described are not clairne l' wardlythrough 1 suitable holes in said but are made the subject of a separate application filed in the Patent Oflice concurrently herewith and numbered serially 197,965.

I claim as my invention- A. railway-tie, comprising a concrete body portion, a longitudinally-extending bar embedded therein, tie-platesprovided with ribs embedded in the concrete and depending into,

lateral contact with said bar, and integral lugs on said ribs projecting into holes 1n said bar and locked therein by the surrounding mass of concrete, substantially as described In testimonythat I claim t e foregoing as my invention' llaffix my signature, in presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 10th day of February, A. D. 1904.

Witnesses: HENRY W. CARTER -K. A. COSTELLO.

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